Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis 42, good ole West Virginny 37: Memphis Tigers football capped off a fantastic season last night with an 11th win and one over a Power Four program. Way to go Tigers!
A Downtown restaurant has been praised by the New York Times. The Times named The Lobbyist’s Corn Mash dish among the 26 best across the U.S. its food writers ate in 2024. Corn Mash recipe
The DM explores what NCAA tournament seed is attainable for Penny’s basketball Memphis Tigers. Writer Parth U. thinks a 4 seed is not out of reach.
Today is National Ham Salad Day.
Memphis City Beautiful seeks a program coordinator.
The first 5000 fans at Thursday’s Grizzlies game vs. Golden State get free Grizzlies City Edition wrapping paper. 7 PM tip. TV: FanDuel Sports Network
And be one of the first 5000 at Monday’s game vs. the L.A. Clippers to receive a free Grizzlies holiday ornament. Same tip time and TV.
Miz Stefani plays The Central BBQ Sessions at Central BBQ Downtown Saturday at 6.
The Moxy Hotel will hold a Shaken + Stirred cocktail class (Elvis Christmas edition) tonight at 5:30. Free.
This Friday is ugly sweater night at Fire Pit Friday in Tom Lee Park. 4:30-6:30 PM.
Memphis Filling Station brewery will host a holiday pajama party all day Sunday. It will also be a sock drive: Get $1 off your tab (up to $5) for every NEW pair of socks you bring in. The socks will be donated to deserving local organizations. Holiday music and trivia.
Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Magic of Memphis comes to the Cannon Center Saturday.
Thanks to a generous reader, I once again have a laptop for the first time since August. That means I no longer have to deal with the library’s public computers and their 1-hour time limits. Which means, you can expect more regular, and longer, posts from me in the future.
Unfortunately, the time it took me to write this post put me past the 11 AM deadline to get in the Union Mission for free today. That means writing this post is going to cost me 6 dollars. And I’m starting to run real low on money. To use ’70s lounge singer lingo, if anyone wants to put some bread in my jar at the accounts below, I sure would appreciate it.
Back tomorrow or Friday with more news.
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